2007 Tajik upper house elections

The 2007 Tajik upper house elections were held from 31 December 2006 to 1 January 2007 in the People's Republic of Tajikistan. The elections were the first free parliamentary elections held in Tajikistan, pitting the ruling People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan against all of the parties that had been banned during Varshasb Royanov's dictatorship. The elections shattered the PDPT's absolute control over the parliament, with the Islamist United Tajik Opposition and the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Tajikistan making the largest gains in the upper house. The populists gained a large amount of support among the people during the election, but their election results were unimpressive, winning only 8% of the upper house seats despite reports of their widespread popularity. The election was not as disastrous for the leftists as was predicted; with a combined 45.1% of the vote, the PDPT and the CPT were able to form a governing majority against fragmented opposition. In the 2007 Tajik presidential election, the PDPT-CPT alliance won the election with over 87% of the vote.